Child Swimming Safety

Quality Swimming focuses on all aspects of water safety, including Pool Covers, Alarms and Self Latching Gates

Check your Pool Safety
All parents, babysitters, and guardians should be certified in CPR and First Aid.
Have a telephone within reach at all times when in or around the pool.
Always watch your children - never assume someone else is watching them.
Check the pool first if your child is missing - every second counts.
Never consider your child "drown-proof," even after swim lessons.
Teach your children to never swim alone and to ask an adult to watch them swim.
Remove all toys from the pool and pool area after every use, so children are not tempted to reach out for them.
Keep rescue equipment near the pool.
Take precautions with pool covers - children may try to walk over or swim under. They should be removed completely before swimming so children cannot swim under the cover.
Clean pool water ensures sanitary conditions and high visibility.
Use layers of protection: pool fences, self-closing and self-latching gates, dead bolts on doors leading to pool, pool alarms, alarms for the doors and windows leading to pools, safety covers for the pool.

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Safer Water	Safer Kids	Safer Response
Install, maintain and utilize proper fencing, self-closing gates and latches, pool and spa covers, pool alarms and additional safety equipment to protect swimming perimeter.	Always provide constant adult supervision and never allow a child to be unattended. Develop swim skills through on-going and qualified instruction. Learn and practice proper behavior in and around the water.	Learn and renew CPR, first-aid and rescue techniques through ongoing certification courses. Keep an emergency action plan, rescue equipment and phone by the pool at all times.

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